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March 18, 2018
Makeover Monday: What pets do people in the U.K. prefer?
What works well?
- The pets are ranked in descending order.
- The bar colors match the icons.
- Including the text in the bars saves room
What could be improved?
- Include a title that explains the data a bit more
- While the icons are cute, are they necessary?
- If you remove the icons, you then don't need as many colors.
My Goals
- Practice what I learned in last week's Workout Wednesday because reinforcing the learning helps it stick for me
- Create a better title
- Simplify the colors
- Create a mobile version
That's it. Simple, quick and done!
March 14, 2018
Workout Wednesday: Candy Button Small Multiples
% of total
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candy dots
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circles
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small multiples
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text
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unicode
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waffle chart
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Workout Wednesday
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Rody brought back a classic technique for Workout Wednesday week 11. Get all of the requirements here. Almost exactly two years ago, he wrote a guest post on this blog about how to create the unit charts he's challenging everyone to make.
One thing he mentioned in the blog is that now you can use unicode characters in 10.5, however, I've been using them for a long time. I got to this site, find the character I want to use, and paste it into the calculation or field name.
The trickiest part for me on this challenge was getting the dots in the right place, that is, starting at the bottom right. I had to swap some of the logic of the calcs around and it was done. As for the headers above each set of dots, well, I'll leave that to you to figure out. Here's my tip: don't overcomplicate it; it's quite simple.
Again, find all of Rody's requirements here. Click the image below for the interactive version.
One thing he mentioned in the blog is that now you can use unicode characters in 10.5, however, I've been using them for a long time. I got to this site, find the character I want to use, and paste it into the calculation or field name.
The trickiest part for me on this challenge was getting the dots in the right place, that is, starting at the bottom right. I had to swap some of the logic of the calcs around and it was done. As for the headers above each set of dots, well, I'll leave that to you to figure out. Here's my tip: don't overcomplicate it; it's quite simple.
Again, find all of Rody's requirements here. Click the image below for the interactive version.
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